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Blong, R.J. | Johnson, R.W.
Abstract
Geological hazards significantly affect communities in the tectonically active parts of the southwest Pacific and southeast Asian region. Geological hazards include intensive hazards, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and landslides, and slow-onset hazards, such as subsidence, coastal erosion, and coastal progradation. The ways in which these hazards are perceived differs from one community to the next, and coping strategies can be either traditional or, more often, western in approach. Geological hazards have tended to be treated individually and at the national level, rather than as components of hazard mixtures and at a regional level. Furthermore, information on hazards in the region is widely dispersed; much of it is not readily accessible. A regional data base should be established for the collection, use, and dissemination of data on geological hazards, a comprehensive set of geological-hazard maps should be prepared, and a training scheme in geological-hazard assessment, mitigation, and preparedness should be established.
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1986-01-01T00:00:00
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BMR Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics 10:1:1-15
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